How to Make a Paleo Banana Chocolate Shake

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Guilt, out the window. Say goodbye. This Paleo-friendly chocolate and banana shake tastes sinfully delicious, but is actually healthy for you. What a bargain. And I don’t know about you, but I can have a shake around any meal. There’s your protein breakfast shake, your green monster lunch smoothie, an afternoon or post-workout snack, or an evening treat. You catch my drift. The banana and chocolate flavors in this particular shake make a wonderful combination for any time of day. It is full of natural flavor and sweetness, and is a perfectly healthy substitute for the classic milkshake.

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This recipe can be ready in 5 minutes. How’s that for a quick pick-me-up? And you can easily double or even triple it to serve more. I highly recommend using frozen bananas (or berries, if you want to use those instead) instead of ice, because ice further dilutes the flavor.

When adding water to the shake, remember that you can always add more. Start slow – depending on your preferences, the shake can be thinned out or velvety smooth. You can use coconut or almond milk, whichever you have on hand. I love using up leftover canned coconut milk from other recipes this way. Keep in mind that coconut milk adds its own flavor, while almond milk blends into the other flavors of the shake more.

You simply combine all of the ingredients in a blender – or large glass if you are using an immersion blender – until smooth. Then taste it to see if you want to add more almond butter, chocolate, etc. I garnished mine with some shredded dark chocolate bits as well.

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This shake was awesome. I’ve been eating Paleo for 2 weeks now, and I was having some serious cravings for something chocolate-y and ice-cream-y. This fit the bill perfectly. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe!

There are a lot of recipes that list coconut mild as an ingredient. A few years ago, I would have assumed it was the canned coconut milk. Now, I never know if recipes are listing the coconut milk that is sold in the carton (like cow’s milk) or if it is the good, old-fashioned coconut milk that is found only in cans. Can you verify which you use? Thanks 🙂

I have always wondered the same thing. But I went ahead and tried it with the carton of coconut-vanilla milk I have in the fridge and it was really good! Made mine with frozen bananas so it was very thick, more ice-creamy…forgot the cinnamon, will try next time but it was great the way it was. Hope this helps. 🙂

Is the 15 tsp of cocoa correct? Mine is quite a bit darker than yours in the pictures. It was delicious, although a bit too chocolatey for my taste. I would think it’s ok to cut back on the cocoa. Your thoughts would be appreciated. 🙂 Thanks!

simple and amazing! I have made it two days in a row. Today I ran out of frozen bananas, I only had 1 left. So I dug around my freezer and found some frozen pumpkin (from the one I carved last year…umm..) and threw some frozen pumpkin in there in place of the 2nd banana…still amazing and a good little fall twist! Thanks for sharing the recipe! It will become a regular around here 🙂

Made this tonight for the first time. So good! Not sweet but totally satisfies the sweet tooth craving – if that makes sense. I used the last of my coconut milk for this recipe, so I only drank 1/2 of the shake. I wanted to enjoy it again tomorrow

I peel mine and put in ziplock bags. I’ve had several bags in the freezer for probably a year, and they’re still good. So, if you don’t mind using plastic, give it a try. I used some today, in the banana muffins, and they were still good.

I needed something to fix that was sweet and quick and I was able to fix this with what I had. I made do with 2 frozen bananas, baking cocoa and Silk. I used about 1 1/2 cups of the silk and added about 4 ice cubes to the blender. It came out slushy and my husband really liked this. I’ll make this again with the right chocolate and with coconut milk.

OMGosh, not ghee! Almond butter is just pure almonds blended to a puree like peanut butter. Sometimes a little oil or sea salt is added to the recipe depending on who’s brand you buy. I would think ghee would taste awful in a shake. Great for cooking though.

Hi there. Looks great. Only thing is your banana is not ripe enough. There must be some brown spots on them to indicate that they are ripe and the carb content has been processed. Thanks for the lovey recipes!

ok. 2 thoughts… I ran across this site while i was researching another health issue. I found this recipe and gave it a try. at first i was wondering about the cacao powder being bitter..but i gave it a try! WOW!!! 1. I have a raging sweet tooth and this is a perfect alternative to the sugar and will help me cut down tremendously!! 2. as i was sipping away on this cocao banana deliciousness,i did some research on the Paleo Diet. I always poo-poo’d it because i hate fads..But the Paleo Diet really makes sense!! Im divin’ in! Thanks!

Love the recipe and taste, I always crave for chocolates but can’t have it since I am diabetic. My concern her is the banana, I have observed that I have a bad spike in my blood sugar even if I eat half a banana. Is there something I can do to make it more diabetic friendly.